Combined coat and hat rack.



No. 844,864. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

P. HALLEN. COMBINED COAT AND HAT RACK.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1906,

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No. 844,864. PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907. P. HALLEN. COMBINED GOAT AND HAT RACK.

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PETER HALLEN, OF BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.

COMBINED COAT AND HAT RACK.

Specification of Letters 'Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1907.

Application filed November 5,1906. Serial No. 342.047.

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Be it known that 1, PETER T'TALLEN, a citi- Zen oi the United States of America, residing at Bi'ookings, in the county of Brookings and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Coat and Hat R ack, of which the following is a speciiica.ion.

This invention relates to il urniture, and particularly to a stand designed for use as a combined hat and coat rack.

An object of this invention is to provide a novel device having a shelf-like structure on which hats may be deposited; and it is further provided with a series of hooks to support garments, the said stand comprising duplicate parts on two sides suitably separated by a screen, so that the garments on one side may not contact with those on the Other side.

A further object of this invention is to provide a stand of this character with a holder which may clamp and retain umbrellas, the i the parts of which are of graceful contour and j of such rigid construction as to support unusual weights for a stand of this character.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consis.s in the details ol' construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set lorth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail rel erence will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this SpGOl'liCt'LtlOll, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a view showing a side elevation of the stand embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the unbrellaclamp.

In these drawings, A indicates a series of supports, each support being made in two duplicate sections, each of said sections eomprising a vertwally-disposed member oi metal B, with its lower portion outwardly bent, as at C. The duplicate sections B are opposed, and the central portions thereof he parallel one with the other. The rods D D,

each comprising two hall-round sections, are

secured to the members B, and a wire screen E is clamped between the sections of the rods and forms a partition between the two sections of the stand to prevent the garments of one side from contacting with the garments on the other side. The upper rod 1) is provided with a series of hooks F, which hooks are approximately C-snaped and are designed 101 the purpose or supporting coats and wraps and the like, the inner ends of said hooks being bOlLCCl t0 the rod.

The bars 15 U are provided with a series of braces G, 11, and l, bolted to each other and to the said bars 15 U, as fully shown in Fig. 2, the said braces being suitably curved to produce an ornamental el'l'ect. A brace J is interposed between the brace G and the member 15 and is secured to the said member and to the lower rod 1) by means of bolts which extend through the braces and through the rod 1). The legs formed by the members 0 and the braces U are further strengthened by the use of braces K, each of which extends from the bottom of the member 0 inwardly to a point of juncture with the opposite brace and is .then curved to again contact with the member 0, where it is secured by the bolt k. The contiguous sections of the two braces K are joined together by a bolt L. The duplicate sections of each support are secured together at the top by a binding'sti'ip M, suitably bolted to the sections of the support, and this binding-strip may be of any construction, though it is here shown as having curved ends and a looped central portion to give an artistic linish to the structure.

Extending longitudinally ol the supports and secured thereto at the upper portions thereof are the coat-racks N, consisting of rods having hooks attached thereto, and at the time the rods are attached to the supports it is my purpose to interpose between the rods and the supports the edges of a wire screen, which forms the shelf 0 for supporting hats and headgear. It is preferable to have this shelf 0 of screen or perforated metal, as it prevents the accumulation of dust thereon and renders the said shelf sanitary.

The umbrella-supporting device P comprises a strip of wire having a series of loops therein, the edge of one loop overlapping or touching the next succeeding loop in order that the umbrella may be braced between the two loops in such a way as to ail'ord a spring action on the umbrella for retaining it in place. The ends of the wire forming the umbrella-support are secured to the end supporting Ineinbers through the medium of bolts, and the said umbrella-holding device is supported interinediate its length through the medium of a hanger which is attached to Sliil umbrella-retaining device and extends upward and is secured to the support. The ixict construction of this device is shown in Having fully described my invention, what I clain as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a garment-holder, a stand consisting of supports each comprising two sections opposed one to the other longitudinally, a screen held between the opposed faces of the sections, and a shelf supported by the sections and extending to either side of the screen.

2. In a garment-holder, a stand consisting of suitable supports, each support corn prising two sections rods clamped between the sections, a wire screen extending from one rod to the other and secured thereto, hooks on the rods, hooks supported near the top of the stand, and a shelf attached to the supports and extending to either side of the screen.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 26th day of October, 1906.

PETER HALLEN.

W'itnesses:

T. L. CHAPPELL, L. A. OTTERNESS. 

